A prevalent alpha-proteobacterium Paracoccus sp. in a population of the Cayenne ticks (Amblyomma cajennense) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 862-867

  Machado Ferreira, Erik ^a,b   Piesman, Joseph ^c   Zeidner, Nordin S ^c   Soares, Carlos A G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Ixodidae ticks; Paracoccus; Rickettsia amblyommii

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RNA 16S;

AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLTA GENE; HTRA GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; OMPB GENE; PARACOCCUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PARACOCCUS (BACTERIUM); PARACOCCUS SP.; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 84871584163     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000067     Document Type: Article

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